Standing valve for wells.



Patented Dec. 3|, |90l.

H. BICKEL A. T. EVANS.

STANDING VALVE FUR WELLS.

(Application med Aug. 1o, 1901.]`

(No Model.)

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UNTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIIRAM BICKEL AND ALFRED T. EVANS, OF GUFFEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

STANDlNG VALVE FOR WELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,046, dated December31, 1901.

ylpplication lcd August l0, 1901. Serial No. 71,567. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HIRAM BICKEL and ALFRED T. EVANS, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Guffey, in the county of McKean andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Standing Valves fo r Wells, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved standing valvefor Artesian or oil wells of such peculiar construction and arrangementof parts that the life of the valve and its effectiveness in operationwill be materially increased and in which the device can be readily andconveniently placed in position at the lower end of the working barrelof the well.

Thein vention consistsin providingastanding valve in which the parts arereversible and in the particular construction and coinbination of suchparts, all as will be hereinafter fully described, and more specificallypointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in bothviews- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view through the standingvalve. Fig. 2 is a view of the valve, the parts constituting the samebeing separated.

In carrying out our invention we provide a tube or cylinder A, formingthe body of the valve, and at each end of said tube or cylinder form aninternal annular recess a to receive the valve-seat, hereinafterdescribed, and thread the ends of the tube externally, so that eitherend may be screwed into the thimble or base-piece B, by which said tubeor cylinder is supported in an upright position in the center of theworking barrel of the well. The thimble or base-piece B is tapered atits lower end and is provided with a central opening, the upper part ofwhich is enlarged and threaded to receive either end of the tube orcylinder A, while the lower end of said opening corresponds in diameterwith the opening through said tube or cylinder. This base-piece formsthe lower end of the standing valve and supports the same in the lowerend of the working barrel S of the well, as shown in Fig. l of thedrawings, the lower tapered end fitting into the seat C, said seathaving a tapered opening c in its upper end and an annular recess c inthe wall of said tapered opening near the lower end thereof. Thistapered opening is similar in shape to the tapered end of the base-pieceB, and the latter is provided with a round rubber gasket b', seated in arecess b, the said gasket engaging the recess c in the seat C to holdthe standing valve in place and insure a tight joint. This manner ofholding the standing valve in place permits it to be readily placed inposition and easily removed.

The reversible tube or cylinder A is recessed at its ends, ashereinbefore described, for the purpose of receiving a reversiblevalveseat D, and as we are aware that it is not new to provide avalve-seat ofthis construction we do not lay vany claim thereto, butshow the same in its application to the barrel. The seat D receives theball s of the valve, and said ball is held in place by the cage s'.

Frein the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and application of the standing valve will bereadily understood, and it will be particularly noted that we provide avalve for Artesian and o il wells which will be simple and durable andwhich can be readily and conveniently placed in position.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- In a standing valve forArtesian and oil wells, the combination, of a tube or cylinder A theends of which are recessed internally and threaded externally, abase-piece B tapered at its lower end and provided with an opening theupper end of which is enlarged and threaded to receive either end ot'the tube or cylinder A, a gasket Z9 seated in a recess in the taperedportion of the base-piece, and a seat E having a tapered opening with anannular recess c, the parts being constructed and arranged as hereinshown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

IIIRAM BICKEL. ALFRED T. EVANS.

Witnesses:

C. C. KENNEDY, W. L. GALKINs.

